The PPP is finding that there is no easy solution to the problems caused by its own insouciance. At the same time, as it is confronted by the disturbances caused by the violence in Karachi, it has had to put Gilgit under curfew and later, as the situation did not come under control, hand it over to the army. Though Gilgit does not compare with Karachi, which is a provincial capital, it is the capital…
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GILGIT-Baltistan plunged once again into violence on Tuesday. A number of people were killed and injured when a grenade was reportedly lobbed at an Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (formerly Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan) rally in Gilgit. Supporters of the ‘banned’ party were demanding the release of a detained leader. Though curfew was imposed rivals continued to trade fire, while there were reports of the violence spreading to Chilas. Tension had been simmering in the region for the…
GILGIT: Authorities clamped a curfew in the Gilgit-Baltistan region and called out the army after 16 people were killed and dozens wounded in one of the worst bouts of sectarian violence in the region. Clashes erupted between Shia and Sunni communities early Tuesday after masked motorcyclists attacked a rally staged by the G-B chapter of Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat [ASWJ] to protest the detention of one of its leaders. According to witnesses, when protesters reached…
GILGIT: A bout of violence claimed 14 lives and left over 50 people injured in Gilgit and nearby Chilas before a curfew was imposed in the region’s capital on Tuesday. “Five people were killed and at least 40 injured in different parts of Gilgit city,” District Magistrate Arqam Tariq said. He said the army had taken over the control of the city and law-enforcement personnel had been ordered to shoot anyone violating the curfew. According…